All 8 Uses
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- "Come on, Papi," his daughters coaxed him, as if it were a modesty of his, to perish, and they had to talk him into staying alive.†
Chpt 1.2coaxed = tried to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuaded
- Her worried sisters stood up, one at each arm, coaxing him like nurses, another touching the small of his back as if he were a feverish boy.†
Chpt 1.2coaxing = trying to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuading
- Come on, sweetie, tell us what's for supper?" he coaxed.†
Chpt 1.4coaxed = tried to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuaded
- Laura began, snapping on the overly bright overhead light, scaring off whatever shy passion Yoyo, with the blue thread of her writing, had just begun coaxing out of a labyrinth of feelings.†
Chpt 2.7coaxing = trying to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuading
- "Carla," he coaxed, "can you please describe the man you saw?"†
Chpt 2.8coaxed = tried to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuaded
- Their high voices squealing with delight when Carla mispronounced some word they coaxed her to repeat.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- The seemingly endless list of familiar names would coax her back to sleep with a feeling of safety, of a world still peopled by those who loved her.†
Chpt 2.8
- "Ah, come on, sugar, loosen up, will ya?" his wife coaxed him.†
Chpt 2.10coaxed = tried to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuaded
Definitions:
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(coax as in: coax her to join us) try to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gentle persuasion
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, coax is a short for coaxial cable (a type of electrical cable used to transmit data, the internet, video and voice communications). Coaxial cables have a conducting wire surrounded by an insulating layer surrounded by a shield. The insulating layer and shield surround a common axis--the conducting wire.
In classic literature, you may see coax used as a synonym for caress or fondle.